NCAA tournament: Let the real Madness begin

All right, hoop heads. Brace yourselves. The most exciting two days of the most wide-open NCAA men's tournament in recent memory is here.

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Goodbye and good luck

The Big East as we know it breaks up after this tournament because of massive realignment. But the conference that gave us Walter “The Truth” Berry, “Pearl” Washington, Lou Carnesecca and the John Thompsons might have one last big romp. After placing eight teams in the tournament, more than any other conference, overall top tournament seed Louisville could be pointed for its first national championship since 1986.

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Goodbye and good luck

The Big East as we know it breaks up after this tournament because of massive realignment. But the conference that gave us Walter “The Truth” Berry, “Pearl” Washington, Lou Carnesecca and the John Thompsons might have one last big romp. After placing eight teams in the tournament, more than any other conference, overall top tournament seed Louisville could be pointed for its first national championship since 1986.